The origins of yoga and tantra Indic religions to the thirteenth century - Samuel, Geoffrey (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Introduction -- Stories and sources -- The second urbanisation of South Asia -- Two worlds and their interactions -- Religion in the early states -- The origins of the Buddhist and Jain orders -- The Brahmanical alternative -- Interlude: asceticism and celibacy in Indic religions -- The classical synthesis -- Tantra and the wild goddesses -- Subtle bodies, longevity, and internal alchemy -- Tantra and the state -- The later history of yoga and tantra -- Postlude.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-401) and index.
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Keywords: India -- Religion; Yoga -- History; Tantrism -- History; Yoga -- History; Tantrism -- History; India -- Religion; Tantrismus; Indien; RELIGION / Comparative Religion; Electronic books